On This Day — March 17
4374 noted people were born and 2076 died on March 17 in our archive, including Carl Jacob Löwig, Gottlieb Daimler and Adam Lepa.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on March 17
Carl Jacob Löwig
1803 – 1890
Gottlieb Daimler
1834 – 1900
Adam Lepa
1939 – 2022
Amitava Raychaudhuri
b. 1952
Andrei Belousov
b. 1959
Andrew Halliday
1782 – 1839
Andrzej Sadoś
b. 1972
Archibald Clark Kerr, 1st Baron Inverchapel
1882 – 1951
Bill Atkinson
1951 – 2025
Carrie Johnson
b. 1988
Dariusz Jemielniak
b. 1975
Ernest Esclangon
1876 – 1954
Francesco Mondada
b. 1967
Hans Horst Meyer
1853 – 1939
Jarkko Laine
1947 – 2006
Jean Van Houtte
1907 – 1991
Jiří Grygar
b. 1936
Josef Rheinberger
1839 – 1901
Judy McGregor
b. 1948
Jüri Pihl
1954 – 2019
Kikuchi Dairoku
1855 – 1917
Meir Amit
1921 – 2009
Michael Hayden
b. 1945
Nigel Haywood
b. 1955
Oleg Kozhemyako
b. 1962
Pasquale Stanislao Mancini
1817 – 1888
Patrick Vallance
b. 1960
Peter L. Berger
1929 – 2017
Peter Taksøe-Jensen
b. 1959
Robert Daniel
1936 – 2012
Sergey Ambartsumian
1922 – 2018
Takeo Miki
1907 – 1988
Taras Mykolayovych Boychuk
b. 1966
Thomas Chalmers
1780 – 1847
Wolfgang Doeblin
1915 – 1940
Yuliya Borisova
1925 – 2023
Zbigniew Wawer
1956 – 2022
Alain Chrétien
b. 1975
Albert Boime
1933 – 2008
Aleksei Chichibabin
1871 – 1945
Aleksei Vasilievich Shubnikov
1887 – 1970
Aleksey Merzlyakov
1778 – 1830
Alexander McQueen
1969 – 2010
Alexander Morris
1826 – 1889
Alexei Kuropatkin
1848 – 1925
Alois Indra
1921 – 1990
Amitava Kumar
b. 1963
Angelo Reyes
1945 – 2011
Ank Bijleveld
b. 1962
Anthony Brown
b. 1953
Aristarkh Livanov
b. 1947
Arnold Klebs
1870 – 1943
Arnold Spencer-Smith
1883 – 1916
August Leopold Crelle
1780 – 1855
Axel Jungstedt
1859 – 1933
Bakili Muluzi
b. 1943
Benoît Cœuré
b. 1969
Bill Graham
1939 – 2022
Charles Francis Brush
1849 – 1929
Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington
1753 – 1829
Christian Griepenkerl
1839 – 1916
Christoph Heusgen
b. 1955
Clare Grey
b. 1965
Constantine John Alexopoulos
1907 – 1986
Damien Garvey
b. 1960
Dieter Enders
1946 – 2019
Donald Alastair Cameron
1900 – 1974
Dorin Recean
b. 1974
Edin Džeko
b. 1986
Eduard Hackel
1850 – 1926
Edward Patrick Allen
1853 – 1926
Eladio Loizaga
b. 1949
Elżbieta Jakubiak
b. 1966
Evgeny Mikhailov
b. 1963
Fiorenzo Bava-Beccaris
1831 – 1924
Francis Jeune, 1st Baron St Helier
1843 – 1905
Franciszek Sterczewski
b. 1988
Fred T. Mackenzie
1934 – 2024
Frederick Fung
b. 1953
Friedrich Buchardt
1909 – 1982
Gabriel Narutowicz
1865 – 1922
Gabriel Podoski
1719 – 1777
Gale W. McGee
1915 – 1992
Galina Yershova
b. 1955
Gyula Wlassics
1852 – 1937
Hanna Stjärne
b. 1969
Helene Weber
1881 – 1962
Henri Didon
1840 – 1900
II. Sahag Maşalyan
b. 1962
Ilie Bolojan
b. 1969
Jakob Ackeret
1898 – 1981
James Irwin
1930 – 1991
Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum
b. 1942
Jessica Williams
1948 – 2022
Jim O'Neill
b. 1957
John Gardiner, Baron Gardiner of Kimble
b. 1956
Juan Carlos Onganía
1914 – 1995
Juan José Bonel y Orbe
1782 – 1857
Jürgen Peters
b. 1944
Kalpana Chawla
1962 – 2003
Kazuyuki Hamada
b. 1953
Keith O'Brien
1938 – 2018
Ken Mattingly
1936 – 2023
Kirsten Johnson
b. 1965
Klaus Waris
1914 – 1994
Lavrentiy Beria
1899 – 1953
Leopold Waber
1875 – 1945
Leticia González
b. 1971
Lindsay Owen-Jones
b. 1946
Ludolf von Alvensleben
1901 – 1970
Luis Goytisolo
1935 – 2026
Manuel Rodríguez Cuadros
b. 1949
Manuk Abeghian
1865 – 1944
Michael Auslin
b. 1967
Mihaela Dotsova
b. 1984
Miroslav Katětov
1918 – 1995
Mohamed Ghonim
b. 1939
Myrlie Evers-Williams
b. 1933
Natalia Matsak
b. 1982
Naum Babaev
b. 1977
Oleg Baklanov
1932 – 2021
Olivier Père
b. 1971
Oswald Redlich
1858 – 1944
Patricia A. Woertz
b. 1953
Patrick Hastings
1880 – 1952
Paul Green
1894 – 1981
Paul Ramadier
1888 – 1961
Paul Schiemann
1876 – 1944
Philip Lader
b. 1946
Piotr Perkowski
1901 – 1990
Rafael Greca
b. 1956
Reed Timmer
b. 1980
René Imbot
1925 – 2007
René de Saussure
1868 – 1943
Risto Penttilä
b. 1959
Robert E. Condon
1896 – 1981
Robert Walker, Baron Walker of Gestingthorpe
1938 – 2023
Robin Knox-Johnston
b. 1939
Roger B. Taney
1777 – 1864
Roland Theis
b. 1980
Rozina Islam
b. 1979
Satyabrata Rout
b. 1958
Sergei Kravtsov
b. 1974
Shadi Bartsch
b. 1966
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
1920 – 1975
Sir Edward Cust, 1st Baronet
1794 – 1878
Sir Eric Errington, 1st Baronet
1900 – 1973
Sir Osmond Williams, 1st Baronet
1849 – 1927
Stormy Daniels
b. 1979
Svitlana Kopchykova
b. 1967
Sybille Volkholz
b. 1944
Theo Jansen
b. 1948
Thomas Strobl
b. 1960
Tor-Aksel Busch
b. 1950
Urmas Klaas
b. 1971
Valeriy Chechelashvili
b. 1961
Vitaliy Logvinovsky
1941 – 2019
Vladimir Churov
1953 – 2023
Vladimir Wagner
1849 – 1934
Volodia Teitelboim
1916 – 2008
Walter Rudolf Hess
1881 – 1973
Wang Jin-pyng
b. 1941
Wilhelm Kreis
1873 – 1955
William Coxe
1748 – 1828
William F. Marquat
1894 – 1960
William Goldwin Carrington Howland
1915 – 1994
William Schull
1922 – 2017
William Withering
1741 – 1799
Willy Demeyer
b. 1959
Wim Henderickx
1962 – 2022
Yekaterina Dashkova
1743 – 1810
Yoav Shechtman
b. 1980
Yoshimi Watanabe
b. 1952
Zbigniew Girzyński
b. 1973
Znaur Gassiev
1925 – 2016
Zoya Svetova
b. 1959
Édouard Mignan
1884 – 1969
Aaron Baddeley
b. 1981
Adam Niemerg
b. 1984
Adam Sisman
b. 1954
Adriana Accorsi
b. 1973
Agnieszka Rupniewska
b. 1986
Ahmed Khaleel
b. 1962
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
b. 1980
Alain Absire
b. 1950
Alain Vidalies
b. 1951
Alan Bates
1945 – 2016
Albert Spear
1852 – 1929
Aleksandr Begbutovich Shelkovnikov
1870 – 1933
Alexander Hood, 4th Viscount Bridport
b. 1948
Alexander Kennedy
1847 – 1928
Alexander von Dörnberg
1901 – 1983
Alexey Nagayev
1704 – 1781
Alf Victor Guldberg
1866 – 1936
Amos Fries
1873 – 1963
Amos L. Allen
1837 – 1911
Andrea Ostellari
b. 1974
Andrew Fernando Holmes
1797 – 1860
Andrew Martin
1975 – 2009
Andrew Rosindell
b. 1966
… and 4,174 more
Died on March 17
Daniel Bernoulli
1700 – 1782
Adolf Meyer
1866 – 1950
Alfred C. Redfield
1890 – 1983
Claudine K. Brown
1949 – 2016
Edith Major
1867 – 1951
Ernest Bryll
1935 – 2024
Georg Franz Hoffmann
1760 – 1826
George F. Kennan
1904 – 2005
Gilbert Burnet
1643 – 1715
H. F. Baker
1866 – 1956
Haldan Keffer Hartline
1903 – 1983
Henri Maspero
1883 – 1945
Humberto Fernández Morán
1924 – 1999
Irène Joliot-Curie
1897 – 1956
Jan van Houwelingen
1939 – 2013
John Backus
1924 – 2007
John Macdonell
1846 – 1921
Jérôme Carcopino
1881 – 1970
Ludwig Häusser
1818 – 1867
Meir Dagan
1945 – 2016
Nicolae Titulescu
1882 – 1941
Nikolay Zhukovsky
1847 – 1921
Paul Dupuy
1856 – 1948
Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean
1780 – 1845
René Dussaud
1868 – 1958
Seale Harris
1870 – 1957
Theodor Zincke
1843 – 1928
Toshmuhammad Qori-Niyoziy
1897 – 1970
Wilhelm Blaschke
1885 – 1962
Xosé Ramón Barreiro
1936 – 2021
Adelbert Brownlow-Cust, 3rd Earl Brownlow
1844 – 1921
Ali Larijani
1958 – 2026
Andreas Schato
1539 – 1603
André Fontaine
1921 – 2013
Anthony Mason
1925 – 2026
Antoni Opolski
1913 – 2014
Arvo Sarapuu
1953 – 2020
Austen Chamberlain
1863 – 1937
Bartholomew W. Hogan
1901 – 1983
Beatrice Wright
1910 – 2003
Betty Williams
1943 – 2020
Carl Aarvold
1907 – 1991
Carlo Donat-Cattin
1919 – 1991
Carolyn Parker
1917 – 1966
Charles Mathieu Schols
1849 – 1897
Christian Dopplerr
1803 – 1853
Christopher Alexander
1936 – 2022
Conrado del Campo
1878 – 1953
Czesław Słania
1921 – 2005
Dai Li
1897 – 1946
Demostene Botez
1893 – 1973
Derek Walcott
1930 – 2017
Dubravka Ugrešić
1949 – 2023
Eduard Limonov
1943 – 2020
Edward Nicholson
1849 – 1912
Ernest Mayer
1920 – 2009
Ferdinand Laub
1832 – 1875
Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor y Zaragoza
1875 – 1960
Fromental Halévy
1799 – 1862
Félix Éboué
1884 – 1944
G. William Miller
1925 – 2006
Geneviève Fontanel
1936 – 2018
George Adams Leland
1850 – 1924
George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield
1697 – 1764
Gerardus Vossius
1577 – 1649
Ginjirō Fujiwara
1869 – 1960
Giulio Chiarugi
1859 – 1944
György Hajós
1912 – 1972
Heinz Nixdorf
1925 – 1986
Hennadii Moskal
1950 – 2024
Henri-Charles Maniglier
1826 – 1901
Henry E. Sigerist
1891 – 1957
Herbert Aptheker
1915 – 2003
Hildegard Peplau
1909 – 1999
Hubert Joseph Dolez
1808 – 1880
Igor Tselovalnikov
1944 – 1986
Ilia II of Georgia
1933 – 2026
Inomjon Usmonxo‘jayev
1930 – 2017
Ivan Borkovský
1897 – 1976
James Edward Smith
1759 – 1828
Jean Brun
1919 – 1994
Jean-Antoine Rioux
1925 – 2017
Jean-Pierre Demailly
1957 – 2022
Joachim Schepke
1912 – 1941
John Bligh, 4th Earl of Darnley
1767 – 1831
John Houlding
1833 – 1902
Jorge Edwards
1931 – 2023
Joseph Albert Alberdingk Thijm
1820 – 1889
Joseph Dainow
1906 – 1978
Jules Basdevant
1877 – 1968
Jules Ferry
1832 – 1893
Jules Hetzel
1814 – 1886
Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn
1878 – 1951
Kenyon Cox
1856 – 1919
Kálmán Kádas
1908 – 1985
Lars Andreas Oftedahl
1781 – 1843
Lodewijk Grondijs
1878 – 1961
Louis Kahn
1901 – 1974
Ludvig Ludvigsen Daae
1834 – 1910
Manohar Parrikar
1955 – 2019
Marian Kociniak
1936 – 2016
Martin Bernhardt
1844 – 1915
Mary Ronnie
1926 – 2023
Michael Broadbent
1927 – 2020
Muir Stephen Fairchild
1894 – 1950
Nikolay Orlov
1827 – 1885
Nils Westermarck
1910 – 2002
Nuno Júdice
1949 – 2024
Pauline Ramart
1880 – 1953
Phan Văn Khải
1933 – 2018
Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria
1923 – 2012
Rachelle Yarros
1869 – 1946
Ramon Magsaysay
1907 – 1957
Raoul Servais
1928 – 2023
Robert Carrington, 2nd Baron Carrington
1796 – 1868
Sir Harford Jones-Brydges, 1st Baronet
1764 – 1847
Sir James Berry
1860 – 1946
Solomon Marcus
1925 – 2016
Tadao Satō
1930 – 2022
Thomas Lewis
1881 – 1945
Tsuruzō Ishii
1887 – 1973
Vladimir Khubiev
1932 – 2004
William II of the Netherlands
1792 – 1849
William Lambert Dobson
1833 – 1898
William Unwin
1838 – 1933
Wilson Homer Elkins
1908 – 1994
Zachariah Allen
1795 – 1882
Adin B. Capron
1841 – 1911
Adri Duivesteijn
1950 – 2023
Adriaan van der Hoop
1778 – 1854
Aleksandr Gerngross
1851 – 1925
Aleksandra Ekster
1882 – 1949
Aleksey Brusilov
1853 – 1926
Alexander Morgan
1860 – 1946
Alfredo Piwonka
1887 – 1942
Ali bey Huseynzade
1864 – 1940
Andrew Miller
1870 – 1960
Antoine Baucheron de Boissoudy
1864 – 1926
Antonio Dorado Soto
1931 – 2015
Antonio Pérez Crespo
1929 – 2012
Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria
1888 – 1951
Arnold C. Otto
1887 – 1965
Arthur Hinsley
1865 – 1943
Arthur Raymond Robinson
1881 – 1961
Auguste André Thomas Cahours
1813 – 1891
Axel Thallaug
1866 – 1938
Babe McCarthy
1923 – 1975
Banny deBrum
1956 – 2011
Benny Fredriksson
1959 – 2018
Beulah Ream Allen
1897 – 1989
Bill Burlison
1931 – 2019
Bill Sullivan
1891 – 1967
Blanche Bruce
1841 – 1898
Boleslaw Barlog
1906 – 1999
Boun Oum
1912 – 1980
Bruce Cooper Clarke
1901 – 1988
Burleigh F. Spalding
1853 – 1934
C. F. Viebahn
1842 – 1915
Carl Hindenburg
1741 – 1808
Carlos Payán
1929 – 2023
Cecil R. King
1898 – 1974
Charles Bent Ball
1851 – 1916
Charles Pickering
1805 – 1878
Charlotte Auerbach
1899 – 1994
Cliff Barker
1921 – 1998
Colette Yver
1874 – 1953
Daniel Dulany the Younger
1722 – 1797
Dinkar G. Kelkar
1896 – 1990
Earle D. Willey
1889 – 1950
Edmar Moreira
1939 – 2023
Eduard Clam-Gallas
1805 – 1891
Edward F. Knipling
1909 – 2000
Edward Piszek
1916 – 2004
Eiji Funakoshi
1923 – 2007
Eliezer Ronen
1931 – 2016
Ellsworth Vines
1911 – 1994
Emanuel Kolkki
1869 – 1940
Emmet Stagg
1944 – 2024
Emmett C. Burns, Jr.
1940 – 2022
Ernest Childers
1918 – 2005
Evgeny Markov
1835 – 1903
Ferdinand E. Kuhn
1861 – 1930
Filippo Giustini
1852 – 1920
Frank W. Gunsaulus
1856 – 1921
Franz Andreas Meyer
1837 – 1901
Franz Brentano
1838 – 1917
Franz Schlik
1789 – 1862
Fred Allen
1894 – 1956
Friedrich Bessel
1784 – 1846
Friedrich Haase
1825 – 1911
Gail Davis
1925 – 1997
Galaktion Tabidze
1891 – 1959
Gary Bertini
1927 – 2005
Gedaliah Alon
1901 – 1950
Gene Ellenson
1921 – 1995
George Lewith
1950 – 2017
George W. E. Russell
1853 – 1919
George W. Melville
1841 – 1912
Georges Gorse
1915 – 2002
Georges Valiron
1884 – 1955
… and 1,876 more